Space Dandy

FRIDAY, 5:00 PM – Meet Ian Sinclair! (Main Events)Have you ever wondered what it would be like to sit in a room for an hour while Ian Sinclair talks and answers questions? Well, then this is the panel for you! Come ready to ask questions about food, comic books, voice acting, and anime!

FRIDAY, 6:00 PM – Voice Actors Autograph Signing (Chibi Events)Meet our Voice Actor Guests up close and personal and have them sign your posters, DVDs, or items that you bring with you. Get up to two items signed (per Actor) for free per paid attendee.

SATURDAY, 2:00 PM – Space Dandy Talks with Ian Sinclair (Main Events)Calling all Space Dandy fans! This discussion about an awesome, action packed anime is guaranteed to have an undead twist. Ian Sinclair, voice of Space Dandy, answers your most pressing questions and will most definitely ramble about his most favorite intergalactic food franchise (that starts with a “B”) in this hour long panel!

SATURDAY, 5:00 PM – Voice Acting vs. Stage Acting with Ian, Melissa, & Paul (Main Events)Calling all artsy fartsy types! If you’re a lover of the art of acting or simply enjoy learning and talking about character development and the pretentious spiritual journeys one takes as a performer, than this is the panel for you. Crying is encouraged and celebrated! Find out how voice acting differs from other styles of acting with industry guests Ian Sinclair, Paul St. Peter, and Ian Sinclair.

SATURDAY, 6:00 PM – Voice Actors Autograph Signing (Chibi Events)Meet our Voice Actor Guests up close and personal and have them sign your posters, DVDs, or items that you bring with you. Get up to two items signed (per Actor) for free per paid attendee.

SUNDAY, 2:00 PM – Voice Actors Autograph Signing (Chibi Events)Meet our Voice Actor Guests up close and personal and have them sign your posters, DVDs, or items that you bring with you. Get up to two items signed (per Actor) for free per paid attendee.

SUNDAY, 4:00 PM – Directing for Anime with Ian Sinclair (Main Events)Have you ever wondered what it takes to direct for anime? No? You all just want to be voice actors? Wouldn’t it be more fun to tell the voice actors what to say? Don’t say “No.”; the correct answer is, “Absolutely!”. Find out what happens behind the scenes, and join Ian Sinclair as he discusses the ins and outs of directing for anime such as Black Butler, Dance in the Vampire Bund, Initial D, Spice and Wolf II, and Shana!

We are proud to announce that we are changing to our 2014 theme based on our primary Guest of Honor… Toonami’s Space Dandy! This hit series (from the Cowboy Bebop creator Shinichirō Watanabe) has the distinction of actually airing new episodes in the United States before they air in Japan! The show airs Saturday nights at 11:30 PM on Adult Swim.

With that, our Guest of Honor for 2014…

Ian Sinclair has been voice acting for FUNimation since he was a sophomore in college, where he studied theatre. Since then he’s been working in the Dallas area as a professional actor in a multitude of arenas. He’s performed on stage, on camera, and, of course, behind the mic.

In addition to the recently announced Space Dandy in Space Dandy, a few of Ian’s more popular anime roles include Brook in One Piece, Toriko in Toriko, Ryner Lute in Legend of the LegendaryHeroes, Bardroy in Black Butler, Romano in Hetalia, Chuck in Panty and Stocking, Shu in Princess Jellyfish, Dallas in Baccano, Yomotsu Hirasaka (12th) in Future Diary, Orang in Last Exile: Fam, The Silver Wing, Alcides in Appleseed XII, Seo in Sekirei, Bora in Fairy Tail, Ginei Morioka in Rosario + Vampire, Ian and Itomimizu in One Piece, Shogo in Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne, Zaki in Claymore, Toyama in Oh! Edo Rocket, Douglas and Steve in El Cazador de la Bruja, Shiro in Okami-san, Daisuke Matsuo in Yamada’s First Time, Marc in Spice and Wolf II, Hasegawa in Baka and Test, Takamy in Fractale, Akoz in Casshern Sins, Toraji in Bamboo Blade, Liam in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Colin in Level E, R in Jormungand, and as Takeru Ohyama in Maken-Ki! Battling Venus.

Additionally, Ian can be heard as the voice of Baron Flynt in the video game Borderlands, Professor Nakayama and Jimbo Hodunk in Borderlands 2, and as the “Cool” custom hero voice in Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi. Ian has worked as a director on Initial D, Spice and Wolf II, both seasons of Black Butler, and The Shana movie.